May 16, 2018
Physician-patient communication: Making it betterPhysicians and patients would both agree on the importance of effective physician-patient communication. However, within the complex and rapidly changing health care environment, it seems that effective physician-patient communication is becoming more difficult to achieve. Changing demographics, diverse cultures, different languages, more engaged and informed patients, scarce physician resources and other factors have combined to create some challenging communication issues.
Physicians and patients would both agree on the importance of effective physician-patient communication. However, within the complex and rapidly changing health care environment, it seems that effective physician-patient communication is becoming more difficult to achieve. Changing demographics, diverse cultures, different languages, more engaged and informed patients, scarce physician resources and other factors have combined to create some challenging communication issues.

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